TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that the
Mitsubishi Electric SOCIO-ROOTS Fund, a charitable undertaking in which
the company matches employee donations, contributed 42,831,632 yen, or
about 380,000 US dollars, to 83 social welfare facilities and programs
in Japan from April 2015 through March 2016. To date, the fund has
donated more than 1,100 million yen, or about 10 million US dollars, to
some 1,800 social welfare facilities and programs.

Of the total, 18 million yen supported recovery initiatives related to
the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The remaining amount of 24,831,632
yen was provided to social welfare facilities located near Mitsubishi
Electric factories or branch offices across Japan.

To support recovery efforts in Tohoku, the fund made respective
donations this year to eight nonprofit organizations that each provide
mental healthcare, education, safe and comfortable play areas and
opportunities to nurture spontaneity for orphans and other affected
children. The fund also made donations to organizations that support
such children’s guardians, whose physical and mental stability have an
impact on the children as well. Cumulative recovery-related donations
over the past five years have now surpassed 118 million yen, or about
980,000 US dollars. Going forward, the fund intends to continue this
initiative in response to the needs of the affected people and
organizations.

The Mitsubishi Electric SOCIO-ROOTS Fund, the company’s signature
initiative in the field of social welfare, was established in April 1992
as one of Japan’s first matching-fund corporate initiatives. Open to all
Mitsubishi Electric personnel in Japan, it has encouraged employees
nationwide to help support activities rooted in local communities.